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Nigerian Canadians are a Canadian ethnic group of Nigerian descent. Nigerians began migrating to Canada during the 1967–1970 Nigerian Civil War. Nigerians were not broken out separately in immigration statistics until 1973. 3,919 landed immigrants of Nigerian nationality arrived in Canada from 1973 to 1991.
There is a significant number of Nigerians living in the Greater Toronto Area. In the 2016 census, 51,800 people identified themselves as Nigerians, of whom about half lived in Ontario. There are many more Nigerians in Canada, who identified themselves by their tribe instead of their country, such as 25,210 are Yoruba, 9,315 are Igbo, and 17,275 are from minor tribes. There has also been a steady increase in the number of Nigerians living in the western cities of Canada, such as Calgary, Edmonton, and Winnipeg.
Demographics
Notable people
= Academia, science, and medicine
=Olusola Adesope professor of STEM education and educational psychology
Adeola Olubamiji, technologist, specializing in medical applications of 3D printing
Chika Stacy Oriuwa, physician and advocate for medical education reform
= Athletes and sportspeople
=Natalie Achonwa, basketball player
Simidele Adeagbo, skeleton racer
Elijah Adekugbe, soccer player
Sam Adekugbe, soccer player
Caleb Agada, basketball player
Mobolade Ajomale, sprinter
Tesho Akindele, soccer player
Ayo Akinola, soccer player
Akim Aliu, ice hockey player
Olu Ashaolu, basketball player
Oshiomogho Atogwe, football player
Albert Awachie, football player
Nanyak Dala, rugby player
Hakeem Dawodu, mixed martial artist
David Defiagbon, boxer
Mike Edem, football player
Melvin Ejim, basketball player
Mohammed Elewonibi, football player
Cyprian Enweani, sprinter
Olu Famutimi, basketball player
Israel Idonije, football player
Daniel Igali, wrestler, Olympic gold medalist
Jarome Iginla, retired ice hockey player and Hockey Hall of Fame inductee
J. R. LaRose, football player
Ese Mrabure-Ajufo, football player
Rumun Ndur, ice hockey player
Alex Ogbongbemiga, football player
Amen Ogbongbemiga, football player
Temitope Ogunjimi, rugby sevens player
Eugene Omoruyi, basketball player
Nakas Onyeka, football player
Demi Orimoloye, baseball player
Oluwaseun Oyegunle, soccer player
Djustice Sears-Duru, rugby player
Oluseyi Smith, sprinter
Fikayo Tomori, soccer player
Iké Ugbo, soccer player
Masai Ujiri, president of basketball operations for the Toronto Raptors
Stella Umeh, gymnast
= Media, film, and television
=Bukky Abaniwonda, actress
Dayo Ade, actor
Alfons Adetuyi, film and television director and producer
Robert Adetuyi, screenwriter and film director
Aisha Alfa, comedian and actress
Rosey Edeh, news anchor, former track and field athlete
Mark Holden, actor, director, producer and voice actor
Rogers Ofime, filmmaker and producer
Enuka Okuma, actress
Oyin Oladejo, actress
Greta Onieogou, actress
Raufikat Oyawoye, winner of The Great Canadian Baking Show season 4
Martin Roach, actor
Shadia Simmons, actress
= Musicians
=Akintoye, rapper and TikToker
Archie Alleyne, jazz drummer
Dax, rapper, singer and songwriter
Debby Friday, electronic musician
Tebey, country and pop singer-songwriter
Tobi, rapper and singer
WondaGurl, hip-hop producer
= Writers and authors
=Pius Adesanmi, writer and essayist
Vincent Anioke, novelist and short story writer
Francesca Ekwuyasi, novelist
Jane Igharo, novelist
Tolu Oloruntoba, poet
Cheluchi Onyemelukwe, novelist
Nduka Otiono, journalist and author
Nekpen Obasogie, author
Ken Wiwa, journalist and author
= Government
=Uzoma Asagwara, Manitoba MLA for Union Station
Kaycee Madu, Alberta MLA for Edmonton-South West; cabinet minister
= Other
=Bunmi Banjo, business executive, head of Google's Digital Skills for Africa program
Samuel Oghale Oboh, architect, first Black president of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada
See also
Black Canadians
Nigerian Australians
British Nigerians
Nigerian Americans
Nigerian people in Italy
Nigerians in the Netherlands
Nigerians in Ireland
Nigerians in Switzerland
References
Sources
Ogbomo, Onaiwu Wilson (1999), "Nigerians", in Magocsi, Paul R. (ed.), The Encyclopedia of Canada's Peoples, University of Toronto Press, ISBN 978-0-8020-2938-6, archived from the original on 2009-10-08
"Ethnic Origin (232), Sex (3) and Single and Multiple Responses (3) for Population, for Canada, Provinces, Territories, Census Metropolitan Areas and Census Agglomerations", 2001 Census - 20% Sample Data, Statistics Canada, 2001, archived from the original on 2009-07-25, retrieved 2010-08-17
Adekola, S (2017). "From Brain Drain To Brain Train – A Transnational Case Analysis Of Nigerian Migrant Health Care Workers" (2017). Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive). http://scholars.wlu.ca/etd/1987
Ethnic Origin (279), Single and Multiple Ethnic Origin Responses (3), Generation Status (4), Age (12) and Sex (3) for the Population in Private Households of Canada, Provinces and Territories, Census Metropolitan Areas and Census Agglomerations, 2016 Census - 25% Sample Data, Statistics Canada, 2016, retrieved 2020-12-22
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- Negara Islam Irak dan Syam
- Perkawinan sejenis
- Nigerian Canadians
- Nigeria (disambiguation)
- Black Canadians
- British Nigerians
- Nigerian Americans
- Foreign relations of Nigeria
- Igbo Canadians
- Japanese Canadians
- Indian Canadians
- Nigeria
